It’s Vacation Eve! I’m shipping up to Maine for my annual lobsterfest, sister-bonding retreat! Which means… you get your time back next week. There will be no Week En Review on the Friday before Labor Day. Take your free time and get some ice cream! I’ll see you on September 6th with a recap of my vacation […]
Chase Cain is a national climate reporter and meteorologist for NBC and we found that combination of meteorology and journalism quite interesting. By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN As media outlets report the latest news about the breaking of monthly global heat records, it feels timely to roll out this week’s guest, who knows a thing […]
In its recent opening weekend, Twisters marked the biggest start ever for a natural disaster movie with US$80.5 million in North American box office revenue. The popularity of the film indicates disaster movies remain an important popular culture phenomenon. By Jack L. Rozdilsky, York University, Canada The Conversation As an associate professor of disaster and […]
You probably have been hearing phrases like “climate crisis,” “climate emergency” or “climate justice” more often lately as people try to get across the urgent risks and consequences of climate change. The danger is real, but is using this language actually persuasive? Wändi Bruine de Bruin, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and […]
Tropical Storm Debby was moving so slowly, Olympians could have outrun it as it moved across the Southeast in early August 2024. That gave its rainfall time to deluge cities and farms over large parts of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. More than a foot of rain had fallen in some areas by early Aug. […]
Hey! Guess what? I’m a published author! It’s been a great launch week for Glacial: The Inside Story of Climate Politics. I’ve interviewed for some podcasts (you know I’ll share them once they are live), appeared at two bookstore events, we had a well-attended podcast (recording below) and readers are raving! By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN […]
Hello, and happy halfway point in the season! This week’s guest comes to us via our friend (and past guest) in Florida, Brendan Shuler, who has his fingers on the pulse of a vast network of people acting on climate change. By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN Andres Jimenez serves as Supervisor for Fairfax County’s Mason District. […]
One proposed method for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere – and reducing the risk of climate change – is to capture carbon from the air or prevent it from getting there in the first place. However, research from Mark Z. Jacobson at Stanford University, published in Energy and Environmental Science, suggests that carbon capture technologies can cause […]
Every increment of global warming above 1.5C increases the risk of crossing key tipping points in the Earth system – even if the overshoot is only temporary, says new research. It is well established that if global temperatures exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, there is a higher risk that tipping points will be crossed. By Ayesha Tandon Carbon […]
It’s Heat Wave August, with heat advisories today covering about 150 million of us in the U.S. Easily my least favorite month of the year anyway—with the exception of the very last day, which is my dear sister’s birthday—it’s only getting worse thanks to climate change. It’s no wonder Congress adjourns for the month! By Chelsea […]
Once again this year, a prolonged heat wave is slated to engulf much of the United States. People in the Southwest, Southeast, and Plains could be at particularly high risk of dangerous and possibly deadly heat this week, with the potential for coast-to-coast impacts by mid-August. In western states, already reeling from devastating wildfires, the heat […]
Europe is in the midst of a heat wave, and while Olympic athletes in Paris for the 2024 Summer Games might be spared the worst of it, the weather will still be hot. As global temperatures have risen, major sporting events like the Olympics and FIFA World Cup have had to adapt to high heat […]
I found Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) during the week of COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference. At the time, I was in the second year of my M.S. program, knee-deep in journal articles and assignments on the ecology of natural resources and the politics of managing them. My days were spent sifting through terrifying […]
Hello from the shores of Lake Placid! Actually, I’m closer to Saranac Lake, but the house I’m staying at this week in New York is a short drive from Lake Placid and I’m loving the coincidence of being near this historic Olympic town for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. It’s been a beautiful place […]
With the Paris Olympics fast approaching under the shadow of the climate crisis, activists and advocates continue to raise questions about the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) commitment to one of three pillars of the Olympic Agenda: sustainability. Adam Ali, Western University; jay johnson, University of Manitoba, and MacIntosh Ross, Western University The Conversation And for […]